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Ruling passed by Authority for Advance Rulings Customs , Central Excise & Service Tax. The Authority for Advance Rulings consists of a Chairman who is a retired Judge of the Supreme court and two members of the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India, one each from the Indian Revenue Service and the Indian Legal Service.

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GST on Canteen Services in Business Premises: Judicial Rulings & Analysis

Goods and Services Tax : Scenario-wise analysis of GST on business canteen services covering ITC, employee recovery, contractor supply, and statutory oblig...

May 10, 2026 1722 Views 0 comment Print

Quick Lime (90%) and Hydrated Lime (85-95%) Attract 5% GST: AAR Tamilnadu

Goods and Services Tax : The ruling examines the composition of lime products and holds that impurities of 10–15% place them under Heading 2522. The Auth...

December 4, 2025 840 Views 0 comment Print

Can ITC Be Used Across Unrelated Supplies? A Key GST Ruling

Goods and Services Tax : Gujarat AAAR rules ITC from one business can offset GST on unrelated output supplies under a single registration, emphasizing fung...

July 21, 2025 1827 Views 0 comment Print

जीएसटी में एडवांस रूलिंग: एक विस्तृत अवलोकन

Goods and Services Tax : जीएसटी के तहत एडवांस रूलिंग (AAR) की प्रक्रिया, प्रा...

July 21, 2025 1341 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of Notifications and Circulars for Week ending 22nd June 2025

CA, CS, CMA : Stay informed on India's latest regulatory changes from June 16-22, 2025. This summary covers Income Tax exemptions, GST amendment...

June 25, 2025 5175 Views 0 comment Print


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Functionality to search and view Advance Ruling Orders under GST

Goods and Services Tax : New functionality to search for GST Advance Ruling Orders issued by Authority / Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling on GST Por...

August 10, 2022 2820 Views 0 comment Print

GST Authorities of Advance/Appellate Rulings-Status Upto April 2019 

Goods and Services Tax : Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) constituted under the provisions of a SGST/ UTGST Act, in terms of the provisions of Section 96...

May 29, 2019 1137 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CAAR Rejects Advance Ruling Plea as Roasted Areca Nut Classification Already Decided by HC

Custom Duty : CAAR declined to entertain an advance ruling application on roasted areca nut classification after finding that the issue had alre...

June 4, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

Chilli Grinding Job Work GST Issue Left Undecided Due to Withdrawal of AAR Application

Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka AAR disposed of the application after the applicant informed that GST demand orders on the same issue were already under...

June 2, 2026 132 Views 0 comment Print

GST Advance Ruling Application Withdrawn as ITC Time-Limit Issue Was Outside AAR Jurisdiction

Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka AAR disposed of the application after observing that a request for extension of the ITC availment deadline did not fall ...

June 2, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Factory Canteen ITC Allowed Only to Extent of Actual Employer Expenditure

Goods and Services Tax : The authority clarified that ITC cannot be claimed on amounts recovered from employees toward canteen facilities. Credit is restri...

June 2, 2026 429 Views 0 comment Print

Fresh Isabgol Seeds Exempt from GST as They Remain Unprocessed After Harvest: AAR Gujarat

Goods and Services Tax : The Gujarat AAR held that Psyllium (Isabgol) Seeds procured from farmers and supplied without drying, freezing, or processing qual...

May 30, 2026 1380 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Maharashtra GST Authority Appoints New Member

Goods and Services Tax : Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Authority makes changes in its lineup, appointing Shri. Ajaykumar Vaman Bonde as a member of Ad...

October 16, 2023 1428 Views 0 comment Print

Rajiv Ranjan appointed as member of Maharashtra Advance Ruling Authority

Goods and Services Tax : Mr. Rajiv Ranjan has been appointed as member of Maharashtra Advance Ruling Authority in the place of Mr. Rajiv Magoo. FINANCE DEP...

September 13, 2022 1599 Views 0 comment Print

Notification to re-constitute Himachal Pradesh Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling

Goods and Services Tax : Governor of Himachal Pradesh, in supersession of this department’s notification of even No. dated 14.09.2020, published in the e...

January 20, 2022 1110 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi Authority for Advance Ruling reconstituted

Goods and Services Tax : Governor of Delhi under Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, is pleased to reconstitute the Delhi Authority for Advance Ruling...

July 27, 2021 2256 Views 0 comment Print

Rajiv Magoo appointed as member of Maharashtra GST Advance Ruling Committee

Goods and Services Tax : Shri. Rajiv Magoo, Joint Commissioner of Central Tax has been appointed as member of Maharashtra GST Advance Ruling Committee in t...

April 29, 2021 2388 Views 0 comment Print


GST on Wet Baby Wipes/ Face Wipes, Bed / Bath / Shampoo Towels

July 20, 2018 18333 Views 0 comment Print

In re Ginni Filament Limited (GST AAR Uttarakhand) In this case applicant sought Classification of goods namely Wet Baby Wipes, Wet Face Wipes, Bed and Bath towels, Shampoo Towels and AAR held that Wet Baby Wipes,  Wet Face Wipes,Bed and Bath Towels and Shampoo Towels are taxable at rate of 18% GST under HSN 3307. […]

GST Rate on GPS, Echo Sounder, Radio Detecting & Ranging etc

July 18, 2018 9918 Views 0 comment Print

Applicant imports various goods/spares, which are supplied on ships and these equipment form an essential part of the ship, and makes the ship sea worthy.

GST payable on training by Maharashtra Rajya Sahakri Sang Maryadit

July 18, 2018 1821 Views 0 comment Print

In re The Maharashtra Rajya Sahakri Sang Maryadit (GST AAR Maharashtra) Question :- The Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Sangh Ltd. conducts education and training programmers through its 13 co-operative training centres and 33 district co-operative boards by charging fees to participants. Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Sangh Ltd. is not profit making body and doing this activity as […]

Meat supply in HDPE gunny bags cannot be treated as supply in unit containers

July 16, 2018 1551 Views 1 comment Print

In re M.U.N. Agro Industry Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Maharastra) Frozen meat of sheep / goat in HDPE gunny bag which do not indicate any information related to weight / number of carcass packed in such bags would tantamount to being as a product not put up in unit container and thus falls under chapter […]

GST Rate on inputs used for constructing warships & submarines

July 11, 2018 5793 Views 0 comment Print

Issue that is raised before us by the applicant is whether the inputs mentioned in Annexure B of the application, which are used for constructing the warships and submarines are forming parts of such warships/submarines and therefore chargeable to reduced tax @ 5% under Sr.No.252 of Notification No.1/2017 Central Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017.

28% GST Payable on Disc Brake Pads under chapter heading 8708

July 11, 2018 6189 Views 0 comment Print

In re Compo Advice India Private Limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) Whether under which HSN Code our Product Disc Brake Pads  to be classified under 6813 or under 8708 as there are different rate charged in both code? The Product i.e. Disc Brake Pads falls under chapter heading 8708 and would be liable to tax @ […]

GST Rate on Work Contract Services pertaining to railways by sub-contractor

July 11, 2018 30996 Views 0 comment Print

In re Shree Construction (GST AAR Maharashtra) Q. No. 1 : What Tax rate to be charged by the sub contractor to main contractor on Works Contract Services ( WCS) pertaining to railways original works contract? Answer : The tax rate to be charged by the sub-contractor to the main contractor would be @ 6% […]

GST on liquidated damages to be awarded by ICC

July 11, 2018 7806 Views 2 comments Print

In re M/s. North American Coal Corporation India Private limited (GST AAR Maharashtra) 1. Whether liquidated damages that may be awarded to the Applicant by the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) qualifies as a ‘supply’ under the Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) law, thereby attracting the levy of GST ? Answer – The consideration that […]

Input tax credit on hiring of buses / Cars for transportation of employees

July 11, 2018 45252 Views 0 comment Print

In re YKK India Private Limited (GST AAR Haryana) 1. The applicant is not eligible to take input tax credit on:- a. GST charged by the Contractor for hiring of buses for transportation of employees. b. GST charged by the Contractor for hiring of cars for transportation of employees? 2. The restriction on ‘Rent a Cab’ […]

GST on Supply of water extracted from tube well after treatment

July 9, 2018 15930 Views 1 comment Print

In re M/s. Membrane Filters (I) Pvt. Ltd. (GST AAR Maharashtra) What is the rate & HSN code of GST is applicable (after it’s introduction from 1st July 2017) when Extracting water from tube well, passing it through treatment plant of removing unwanted contaminants like Iron from ground water and eventually lifting it to overhead […]

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